There were moments when I felt a connection between this film and SE7EN (1995), but that didn't prevail. When it was over, I realized only one other film had so adeptly hit the same marks - M (1931). There is a brilliance in character insight here, rarely paralleled in cinema. You're aware of the innermost turmoils of every character, and it is scripted in such a way that there are moments when you're being hit with intense turmoil from upwards of 4-5 characters at once. Each in a different brief scene, each privately (so only the audience and that character know what they're feeling) and each adding to the complexity of what the others are going through by juxtaposition. Smart, smart, smart. Saw this on NetFlix. I doubt I would've found it otherwise. I will be ordering it. Who says digital content is hurting the movies? I just voted with my money, but not for Hollywood.
Review of The Silence
